Apple is reportedly working to position its upcoming smart glasses—along with future AR headsets—as devices that can track health and fitness. Citing reporting from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, 9to5Mac and NDTV say Apple’s goal is to add health-oriented capabilities to the eyewear platform, using sensors to capture data related to a user’s health and physical activity. The sources also indicate that this functionality will not necessarily appear at launch. They report that the first generation smart glasses, expected to debut next year, likely will not include the health and fitness features in the form Apple ultimately intends. Instead, Apple is said to be exploring how to implement these capabilities for the smaller smart-glasses form factor, including what kinds of sensors are feasible and how they would record movement and health-related metrics. Overall, the reporting frames the health tracking concept as a longer-term direction for Apple’s wearable product line rather than a launch feature for the initial model.
Apple is exploring health and fitness sensors for future smart glasses
Apple is reportedly working to position its upcoming smart glasses—along with future AR headsets—as devices that can track health and fitness. Citing reporting from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, 9to5Mac an...
- Multiple reports attribute the development plans to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
- Apple is exploring adding health and fitness tracking to future smart glasses and AR headsets.
- The company is said to plan using a range of sensors to capture health-related data and user movement.
- Health and fitness features likely do not debut with the first-generation smart glasses expected next year.
- Apple is reportedly evaluating how to implement these capabilities within the smaller smart-glasses form factor.
Apple is currently exploring ways to bring health and fitness tracking capabilities to its smart glasses and AR headsets, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman claims. However, the tech giant reportedly does not plan to bring the said functionalities with the first-generation smart glasses, which are expected to launch next year. With the future smart glasses, Apple will reportedly equip the wearable with a “range of sensors” to record health and fitness-related data and the user’s movements to offer the functionalities. The company is said to be currently exploring different ways it can implement this with the smaller form factor of smart glasses.
4 hours agoAccording to the latest Power On newsletter from Mark Gurman, Apple is working towards turning its upcoming non-AR smart glasses into another platform for health and fitness – though these features likely won’t debut with the first generation model in the coming year.
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